EasyEnglish Bible 2018
Job 18:3
3You should not think that we are as foolish as cows.
Job 18:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight?
- New International Version (NIV)Why are we regarded as cattle and considered stupid in your sight?
- English Standard Version (ESV)Why are we counted as cattle? Why are we stupid in your sight?
- New King James Version (NKJV)Why are we counted as beasts, And regarded as stupid in your sight?
Context of Job 18:3
1Then Bildad, the man from Shuah, replied. This is what he said: 2‘You should not continue to talk like that! Stop and think carefully. Then we can talk. You should not think that we are as foolish as cows. 4You are so angry that you are hurting yourself. You will never change the way that things happen in the world. Your anger will not cause the earth to shake, or any rocks to move from their places. 5The light of a wicked person's life will stop shining. His fire will no longer burn brightly.
Read all of Job 18Job 18:3 word by word
מַ֭דּוּעַ נֶחְשַׁ֣בְנוּ כַבְּהֵמָ֑ה נִ֝טְמִ֗ינוּ בְּעֵינֵיכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 18:3
- Job 12:7Ask the animals and they will teach you. The birds in the sky would tell you the truth.
- Job 17:4You have stopped my friends from thinking properly. So do not allow them to win the argument.
- Psalms 73:22I was stupid, and I did not understand you properly. I was no better than an animal.
- Ecclesiastes 3:18I also thought, ‘God wants people to know that they are like animals. That is why he tests us.
- Romans 12:10Love each other truly like brothers and sisters. Be really happy to respect other Christians.
Commentaries on Job 18:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Counted as beasts - Thou treatest us as if we had neither reason nor understanding.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Wherefore are we counted as beasts? - “Why are we treated in your remarks as if we had no sense, and were unworthy of sound argument in reply to what we say?” It is possible that there may be reference here to what Job said Job 12:7 - that even the beasts could give them information about God. But the general idea is, that Job had not treated their views with the attention which they deserved, but had regarded them as unworthy of notice. And reputed vile…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-3How long until you end these speeches?: Bildad spoke to Job as if addressing a group, possibly meaning "people like you."Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. beasts--alluding to what Job said (Job 12:7; so Is 1:3). vile--rather from a Hebrew root, "to stop up." "Stubborn," answering to the stupidity implied in the parallel first clause [Umbreit]. Why should we give occasion by your empty speeches for our being mutually reputed, in the sight of Job and one another, as unintelligent? (Job 17:4, 10).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 18
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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